Shanti Parva Adhyaya 66 Shloka 65 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

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Shloka 65

Cāturāśramya-dharma—Marks of the Four Āśramas (चातुराश्रम्यधर्मः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि इन्द्रमान्धातृसंवादे पज्चषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indramāndhātṛsaṃvāde pañcaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତ ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ରାଜଧର୍ମାନୁଶାସନପର୍ବରେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର-ମାନ୍ଧାତୃ ସଂବାଦବିଷୟକ ପଞ୍ଚଷଠିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

itithus; so

śrīglory; auspicious honorific

mahābhāratein the Mahābhārata

śāntiparvaṇiin the Śānti Parva

rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇiin the Rājadharmānuśāsana section (sub-parva)

indramāndhātṛsaṃvādein the dialogue of Indra and Māndhātṛ

pañcaṣaṣṭitamaḥsixty-fifth

adhyāyaḥchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Indra

Māndhātṛ

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon marking the end of a teaching segment: the Indra–Māndhātṛ dialogue is presented as instruction in rājadharma, emphasizing that royal power must be governed by ethical discipline and duty-oriented rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma concludes the chapter by formally closing the section: within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction, the sixty-fifth chapter—centered on the conversation between Indra and King Māndhātṛ—has ended.